[meteorite-list] Opinion needed !!

[Jason Utas]

Hola,
Sounds like a decent story - until you look at the pictures.

1) That thing wasn't free-falling; look at the gouges in the picture -
it was moving almost horizontally.  Meteorites don't do that, at least
without retaining enough velocity to make a crater (necessary mass to
do so would be, apparently 10-12 tonnes if we look at Carancas).

2) Look at it.  It's rusty.  If it just fell, it should be either
matte-black (chondrite), glossy-black (achondrite), or
gunmetal-blue-grey (iron).
If it had a broken side, we might see anything ranging from white to
black, maybe hackly metal, but this is a non-issue; whatever it is,
it's rusty, and thus is not a fresh meteorite.

Sorry, maybe next time...

Regards,
Jason

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:07 AM, tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wonderful!  Have that thing analyzed; it looks promising (as long as there wasn't any heavy machinery operating nearby at the time).
>
> Tracy Latimer
>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:36:16 +0200
>> From: jan at meteorieten.com
>> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Opinion needed !!
>>
>> Listoids....
>>
>> Holland is a small country so if something happens, meteorite related,
>> people know where to find you.
>> We get many reports about a possible hammer here and there and since we
>> only have four meteorites in history so far we don't get that shaky
>> anymore since we know it's a tough one to get our fifth spacerock.
>>
>> This time a man called a bit in panic, telling us he heard a loud bang
>> yesterday late afternoon and found this piece stuck next to his window in
>> a plastic siding. After sending us these first pictures it looks quite
>> scary, eventhough I realize it probably should have plunged much deeper
>> after impact but still......
>>
>> Another thing....these folks live on a farm totaly isolated from traffic.
>>
>> Opinions welcome folks...
>> Here are the pics...
>>
>> http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1850/8117688/19931258/322341103.jpg
>>
>> http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1850/8117688/19931258/322341193.jpg
>>
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